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HIV/AIDS Support

closeupready

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3. I think what we're all thinking is, context matters.

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 07:01 PM

Dec 2011

This discussion is about sexual behavior in a free society between consenting adults, not rape or lying about status upon inquiry. I don't see that such laws are going to do anything except 1) scare uninsured people at risk from getting tested; 2) consolidate power in the hands of authorities; and 3) make the crisis worse by effectively sanctioning unsafe sex.

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Hiding HIV/AIDS shouldn't be a crime, doctors argue [View all] William769 Dec 2011 OP

i feel like it should only be prosecuted in the event La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #1

I'm on the fence on this one. William769 Dec 2011 #2

I think what we're all thinking is, context matters. closeupready Dec 2011 #3

agreed La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #4

If you can go to jail for not disclosing a known HIV status, then people just won't get tested until beyurslf Jan 2012 #5